Associations between grip strength, brain structure, and mental health in > 40,000 participants from the UK Biobank
Jiang R, Westwater ML, Noble S, Rosenblatt M, Dai W, Qi S, Sui J, Calhoun VD, Scheinost D. Associations between grip strength, brain structure, and mental health in > 40,000 participants from the UK Biobank. BMC Medicine 2022, 20: 286. PMID: 36076200, PMCID: PMC9461129, DOI: 10.1186/s12916-022-02490-2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGray matter volumeMental healthBrain structuresCognitive declineMatter volumeMental health outcomesHigher life satisfactionBetter mental healthBaseline grip strengthNeural correlatesCognitive functioningCognitive performanceBaseline neuroticismAnxiety symptomsBehavioral outcomesLife satisfactionMediation analysisNeuroimaging datasetsTemporal cortexOlder adultsLinear mixed effects modelsSubcortical regionsFinancial satisfactionLongitudinal dataGrip strength